BillO, I'm going to guess a watercolor on very heavy weight watercolor paper? I'm guessing the photo doesn't do justice to the dark area in the lower quarter. I'm seeing hints of what's really there on my screen, but I'm sure not all of it.

this just in and phylp. The moon was added to this in photoshop and then I applied the oil painting filter. The dark area in the front is hwy 101. I tweaked the brightness a little bit but for the most part it is pretty close to the original shot. Glad you like I had fun creating it.

This is strange. The above link is not welcome. It's not very helpful. It sucks, in fact. But it's a great collection. Google "Gallery of Albert Bierstadt paintings Xmission" and have fun.

One wall of A.B. is worth thousands and thousands of words. His "artistic fictions" are as imaginative as any other artist's tender renderings. I like his taking liberty. My cap's off to the old gumball.

I wouldn't follow one of his topos, though, no Fn Way!

I just saw two Bierstadt prints, framed, 24 X 36, at a local antique shop for a low $60 each--frames are a little worn. Sentinel Rock and Yosemite Falls. Ka-ching! At last I can own a Bierstadt. Maybe two.